RSS activist gunned down in Kandhamal (Lead)

Bhubaneswar, Nov 5 (IANS) An activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was Wednesday shot dead by suspected Maoists in Orissa’s communally sensitive Kandhamal district, the police said.”Three people came on a motorcycle and shot dead Dhanu Pradhan at Kumarigaon village,” an official of the Brahmanigaon police station told IANS.

Pradhan was a contractor and a known RSS activist in the area. “A police team has been rushed to the village for investigation,” the official added.